Children's Support Worker - Driver

Active Care Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a dedicated Children's Support Worker in Liverpool to assist a child with complex health needs. The role includes providing care at home and out in the community, requiring a full UK driver's licence. Ideal candidates will have a passion for working with young people and good communication skills. Competitive pay rates of £12.25 to £13.50 per hour based on experience and flexible hours are offered.

Benefits

Full specialist training and support

Accrued holiday pay

Flexible zero-hours contract

Nest Personal Pension account

Refer a Friend Scheme

Active Awards programme for recognition

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driver's licence to drive the client's vehicle.
• Experience or desire to work with children with complex health needs.

Responsibilities

• Support a 9-year-old boy with complex health needs at home and in the community.
• Assist with all personal care and activities of daily living.

Skills

Passion for working with young people

Kind and caring nature

Flexibility & reliability

Good communication skills

Job description

Please note you must have a full UK driver's licence to apply for this role, in order to drive the client's vehicle to access the community.

Are you looking for a part-time role?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting a child with complex health needs in his family home and out in the community?

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care.

Within the Care in the Home division, we support children and young people with complex health needs to live at home with their families.

We'd like you to join us as a Children's Support Worker at our young client's home in Liverpool (Fairfield area).

Meet the client:

Our client is a 9-year-old little boy who loves the farm and animals and creepy crawlies! He also enjoys swimming, museums, going on walks at national trust parks, bubbles and texture books, and watching things on his iPad.

When you'll be working:

• Term time: Fridays (1.30pm-6pm) and Saturdays (8.30am-5.30pm)
• Non-Term Time: Tuesdays (10am-4pm), Thursdays (10am-4pm), Saturdays (10am-4pm)
• If you are looking for more hours, we also have the following shifts available with our other young client in Liverpool: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3.30pm-7pm, Sundays 2pm-7pm

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support a 9-year-old little boy who is a wheelchair user, wears splints, has chest physio, is doubly incontinent and is PEG fed. The role is to support him with all of his needs in his family home and driving the car to enable him to access the community. Therefore, you must hold a full UK driver's licence.

You will always be working alongside another support worker on your shifts.

Full training, shadow shifts and ongoing support will be provided.

What you'll have:

• Passion for working with young people
• Kind and caring nature
• Flexibility & reliability
• Good communication skills

What to look forward to:

• £12.25 up to £13.50 per hour (depending on experience)
• Full specialist training, shadow shifts, and ongoing support from the Clinical Care Manager provided
• Accrued holiday pay
• Regular consistent work with rolling rotas
• Flexible zero-hours contract
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e-learning and face-to-face training and development opportunities
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1,500 by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group